Traduza\\ DEVILDRIVER talks about COAL CHAMBER

On the breakup of his previous band, COAL CHAMBER:
"Everyone was addicted to speed [by the end]. When you have people around you up for four days at a time, they can't do their jobs. At that point, it's time to leave. If you're unhappy in a job, or a marriage? Leave.

"I can't say for certain that we'd still have been together if those things hadn't happened — but we may have been. It certainly didn't change because the tide was changing on the band; we were bigger than ever, we were selling out shows. There wasn't any feedback on nu-metal; it wasn't an 'ugly' word at the time.

"I simply left because the friends that I loved in the band were doing drugs and ruining their lives. By me singing on stage, I was giving them the money and the opportunity to destroy themselves. To save my friends, I bailed. That's all I can say. I mean we all talk now. They're all off of hard drugs. Because COAL CHAMBER broke up, they got to save their own lives. I basically left overnight. I couldn't take it. I just didn't want to be involved in that."

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